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Fires in Pantanal Wetland
June 22 , 2024
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- Brazil’s Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland on earth, is ablaze, with fires.
- This year is threatening to overtake 2020 as the Pantanal's worst year for wildfires on record.
- It is located in the upper Paraguay River basin.
- The Pantanal straddles Brazil’s border with Bolivia and Paraguay.
- The UNESCO World Heritage Site, which covers an area more than twice the size of Portugal, is home to the world's largest jaguar species.
- Around 95% of the Pantanal is under private ownership.
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